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October 2012 Blog Posts (2)

Hebrew Language Practice - Puppet Pals

I've truly enjoyed using Puppet Pals with our 3rd Grade classes. Students practiced their scripts in Hebrew before recording their Puppet Pals Movies. They took pictures of themselves and superimposed them on their Sukkah dioramas, a little shelter made for the High Holiday of Sukkot. The students had a lot of fun, and the parents got to see these movies for Open House. We will continue to use Puppet Pals until we graduate into using the Voicethread App. …

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Added by Shelby Montevirgen on October 26, 2012 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Siri Speaks to Me

Siri (voice recognition software on the iPhone) has made my life easier and most importantly it has increased my productivity.

How?

In the data driven world of education that demands consistent documentation--evidence that I'm doing my job -- Siri has enabled me to document student conferences and create comments to post on student work.

I use one of the apps on my iPhone 4S to dictate my comments about a student's work. Then I…

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Added by Monica Burns on October 15, 2012 at 10:00am — 3 Comments